Meanings
kniving1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of knive
kniving2
- misconstructionMisconstruction of conniving.
If I had a^([sic]) Indian in the car and also a sealed bottle of whiskey or a sealed case of beer and a cop stops me on a routine check I would be charged with kniving which has several meanings like the intention of giving him a drink sooner or later.
2006, Henry Pennier, Keith Thor Carlson, Kristina Rose Fagan, Call Me Hank, →ISBN, page 87
- misconstructionnot comparableMisconstruction of conniving.
It was enough that Frederich was a kniving back-stabber who was always working with ...
2011, Tommy Anthony, Somewhere Along the Line, →ISBN2 more examples
When your so-called friends try to smear your name with their backstabbing and kniving games, look them straight in their eyes and say, I know who I am.
2003, Carlton D. Bembry, If I Were a Card: The Things I Would Say, →ISBN, page 13He did not share his Duke's kniving mind, nor lack of morals and he had a good friend aboard one of those boats back across the turbulent sea.
2011, Juan Crazy, Succubus: Book 1 - Seven Hells, →ISBN, page 361
Origin
kniving · verb, adjective
Likely a mishearing of the misconstrued word's pronunciation as kniving with a pronounced k, perhaps influenced by its semantic associations with backstabbing and knives.
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kniving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kniving
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